Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): After a meeting with Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay alleged large-scale electoral irregularities, claiming that the former chief minister’s identity card was torn at a vote-counting center.
Bandyopadhyay said party MPs had resolved to collectively support workers and take a firm stand against what he described as growing grassroots-level violence.
Speaking to reporters, Bandyopadhyay said, “Mamata Banerjee has explained how the entire election was rigged, destroyed, and looted, and how she was also tortured inside her vote-counting station. Even her identity card was torn up.”
“All the MPs are now committed to taking the initiative. They will stand beside the workers of the party. Thousands of workers have left their homes. We are all strongly united to ensure that this type of hooliganism, which is now actively penetrating down to the grassroots level, is stopped, and MPs will have to take a stand of their own,” he added.
TMC MP Satabdi Roy also commented on the situation, saying, “The police will have to ensure that those whose houses, offices, and shops were demolished are brought back home safely.”
The TMC’s 15-year rule in West Bengal ended after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) restricted the party to 80 seats. The BJP formed its first-ever government in the state, with Suvendu Adhikari becoming chief minister after the party secured 207 seats.
However, TMC leaders have alleged electoral irregularities and raised concerns over post-poll violence.
Earlier in the day, Mamata Banerjee arrived at the Calcutta High Court wearing lawyer’s robes and appeared before Chief Justice H.C. Sujoy Paul in connection with a public interest litigation related to alleged post-poll violence following the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results.
The petition was filed by advocate Sirsanya Banerjee, son of Trinamool Congress leader and advocate Kalyan Banerjee. The petitioner alleged incidents of post-poll violence in several areas, including attacks on party offices and the displacement of workers.
Mamata Banerjee presented the party’s position before the bench. Senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee was also present in court.
Mamata Banerjee urged the court to ensure “immediate protection of people,” alleging that “in front of police they are doing hooliganism and burning properties.”
She further alleged, “Children are not spared, minorities are not spared, women are not spared. Ten of our workers have been murdered.”
Kalyan Banerjee told the court that “many TMC party offices were burned” in the post-poll violence.
“Take the 2021 post-poll violence case, where the chief justice constituted a five-judge bench. The incidents of today are more serious than what happened at that time,” Kalyan Banerjee said.
The All India Trinamool Congress has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking judicial intervention over alleged incidents of post-poll violence across West Bengal after the BJP secured victory in the Assembly elections.
The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice H.C. Sujoy Paul. (ANI)
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